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This Weekend at LACMA: Ed Ruscha Closes, Okyo's Cranes on View, Liz Glynn Performance, Caravaggio Film Series, and More

Pick a day, any day on this three-day weekend and you will find plenty to see and do at LACMA. First, the exhibitions: this is your last chance to see Ed Ruscha: Standard, which closes on Monday. (And don’t forget: Monday is a Target Free Holiday Monday!) The exhibition features prints, paintings, and even a couple of films from LACMA’s in-depth collection of Ruscha’s oeuvre. If you’re at all a fan of Ruscha, it’s not to be missed.

You may have also read in the Los Angeles Timesabout our latest acquisition: Maruyama Okyo’s Cranes, a beautifully detailed pair of screens from 1772, which have hardly ever been shown in public until now. They make their debut in the Pavilion for Japanese Art this weekend.

Artist Liz Glynn, who is also featured in Lost Line, will be on hand Saturday and Sunday afternoons for a free performance in the B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden—“[De]-lusions of Grandeur”. Glynn will work with other sculptors in the garden to replicate and recombine parts of the Rodin sculptures on view in the garden—check out this behind-the-scenes post to learn a little more. The performance is part of a series that will take place at LACMA throughout the year, each dealing with monumental sculptures on the museum’s campus. You can learn more from Glynn’s project blog.

As an alternative to Scorsese on Sunday, there is always Andell Family Sunday art-making activities—one of the best free family options in L.A. every weekend. Whichever afternoon option you choose, you can stick around to close out your weekend with a free concert from duo pianists Antoinette Perry and Neal Stulberg, who will perform pieces by Mozart, Schubert, and Grieg at Sundays Live.